Improvement in gate-fastenings



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.. ,j

JOHN l?. WOODCOOK, OF BEDFORD, NEW YORK.`

IMPROVEMENT IN GATE-FASTENINGS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 49,819, dated September 5, 1365.

To all whomdt may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN P. WooDcocK, of Bedford, in the county of Westchester and State ot` New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fastenings for Gates; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others sklledin the art to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specitication.

The present invention consists in a novel arrangement of devices intended more particnlarly to be used as a fastening for farm-gates, whereby the sagging-ot' the gate when fastened is not only entirely prevented, but it is impossible t'or the gate to be opened or unfastened except in the proper manner, thus providing a sure and reliable gate-fastening for pastureiields for cattle, the advantages ot which are apparent.

In the accompanying plate of drawings my improvement is represented, Figure l being a side view of the fastening device as applied to a gate; Fig. 2, a similar view showing the interior devices, and Fig. 3 a transverse vertical sectional view in plane of line .fr Fig. l`

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

a and b in the drawings represent a portion of a fence and gate, both of which can be made ot' any shape, style, and material, and the gate hung byhinges or in anyother proper manner to the fence.

On one side ofthe gate b is sccured,by Ineans of screws e c e, a shallow metallic casing or box, d d, having a projecting tongue, box, or piece, f, in which are hung, upon pivots g g, two spring-arms, h h, having hooked-shaped ends Z l projecting through the sides of the tongue, as plainly represented in Fig. 2.

m m are two spring lever-arms hung upon pivots n n of a hollow bushing or casing, o, of the gate at right angles to the hooked-shaped arms h h, and engaging at their inner ends with the inner ends, p p, ot' the same. These arms project from the gate and have thumbshaped ends q q, for convenience in operating them.

On fence a, and directly opposite to the tongue-piece fof the gate, is attached a hollow casing or socket, r, made ot' corresponding shape to the tonguef, and with shoulders s s upon each side ot' the same in proper position, so that as the said tongue is-insertetl within the same the hook ends of the tonguearms shall engage and interlock with them, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. l, thereby fastening the gate and rigidly holding it so until they are disengaged therefrom, which is accomplished by simply pressing together with the fingers the thumb-pieces ot' the lever m m, which by impinging against the inner ends ot' the arms h h cause them to turn sufficiently on their pivots to withdraw their hook ends from the socket-shoulders, as is evident without further description.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination ot' the thumb springlevers m m, spring-levers h h, with hook-shaped ends, and hollow casing or socket r, arranged together substantially in the manner described, and for the purpose speeied.

rIhe above specification of my invention signed by me this 4th day of May, 1865.

JOHN P. WOODGOGK.

Witnesses:

M. M. LIVINGSTON, ALBERT W. BROWN. 

